Oh, Chris Matthews, will you never cease to amaze us?

You’re like a slow-moving, beefy, first baseman who hits about .240, striking out too often with men on base. But on occasion you step up to the plate and — oh! — you power the baseball over 500 feet into the upper deck bleachers and it takes our breath away:

Speaking of Michelle Bachmann, isn’t it now becoming painfully obvious that Sarah Palin’s moment in the spotlight is over? Think about it: shouldn’t this speech have been given by her?